2 Samuel 4:7

וַיָּבֹאוּ הַבַּיִת וְהֽוּא ־ שֹׁכֵב עַל ־ מִטָּתוֹ בַּחֲדַר מִשְׁכָּבוֹ וַיַּכֻּהוּ וַיְמִתֻהוּ וַיָּסִירוּ אֶת ־ רֹאשׁוֹ וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת ־ רֹאשׁוֹ וַיֵּֽלְכוּ דֶּרֶךְ הָעֲרָבָה כָּל ־ הַלָּֽיְלָה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

In Context

6וְהֵנָּה בָּאוּ עַד ־ תּוֹךְ הַבַּיִת לֹקְחֵי חִטִּים וַיַּכֻּהוּ אֶל ־ הַחֹמֶשׁ וְרֵכָב וּבַעֲנָה אָחִיו נִמְלָֽטוּ ׃

8וַיָּבִאוּ אֶת ־ רֹאשׁ אִֽישׁ ־ בֹּשֶׁת אֶל ־ דָּוִד חֶבְרוֹן וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ אֶל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ הִנֵּֽה ־ רֹאשׁ אִֽישׁ ־ בֹּשֶׁת בֶּן ־ שָׁאוּל אֹֽיִבְךָ אֲשֶׁר בִּקֵּשׁ אֶת ־ נַפְשֶׁךָ וַיִּתֵּן יְהוָה לַֽאדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ נְקָמוֹת הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה מִשָּׁאוּל וּמִזַּרְעֽוֹ ׃ ס

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:54וַיִּקַּח דָּוִד אֶת ־ רֹאשׁ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי וַיְבִאֵהוּ יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְאֶת ־ כֵּלָיו שָׂם בְּאָהֳלֽוֹ ׃ ס

2 Samuel 2:29וְאַבְנֵר וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו הָֽלְכוּ בָּֽעֲרָבָה כֹּל הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא וַיַּעַבְרוּ אֶת ־ הַיַּרְדֵּן וַיֵּֽלְכוּ כָּל ־ הַבִּתְרוֹן וַיָּבֹאוּ מַחֲנָֽיִם ׃

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 4:2-9

Ish-bosheth Slain by His Servants. ( b. c. 1048.) 1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin: 3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.) 4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son… Read the whole commentary →

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